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Not saying this was the case at all, but, generally speaking I was under the impression that if the driver has committed no traffic offence and the situation was "unavoidable" then drivers aren't deemed to have committed mansalughter or any other crime. It can just be an accident that caused a fatality. I assume too that in many cases of deaths in RTAs that the driver that survives suffers from horrendous guilt whether it was there fault or not, and that having to live with that awareness must be horrendous.
But with respect to tragic incident the coroner must have been satisfied that the driver of the HGV was not acting negligently or deliberately, and that it was an accident. Clearly an upsetting result for Eilidh's family and friends, but that in itself does not make the verdict wrong. But without knowing all the facts and positioning I shouldn't like to either approve or disapprove of the verdict.